{"title":"Wildlife","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"carolina-bays","title":"Carolina Bays","description":"\u003cp\u003eWild, Mysterious, and Majestic Landforms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: Tom Poland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotographs By: Robert C. Clark\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bulleted-lists py-4\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a strange beauty at the heart of every mystery, and the mystery of the Carolina Bays is an enigma that is lushly, uniquely beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow did these odd geomorphological features come to be formed in the landscape in the first place, with their uniform shapes and matching elliptical orientations scattered across the Carolinas? There are many hypotheses but no definitive answers. Why are these inland phenomena even called \"bays?\" There is no clear answer to that either.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe best definition of these features are \"temporary, isolated freshwater wetlands,\" variously described as \"high or flatwater ponds, wet weather lakes, or vernal pools,\" often identified more accurately as \"pocosins,\" and they are ecological wonders, full of all manner of amphibians and reptiles, insects and birds, wildlife and plants--many of them exotic and rare. What also defines them is their uncommon beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFeaturing more than one hundred-fifty color images, \u003ci\u003eCarolina Bays\u003c\/i\u003e takes you from an aerial perspective of these unusual bays to an on-the-ground safari, from frogs that croak and bark and boom to skinks that skim across the water as if on skis, and on to squawking herons to black-and-yellow polka-dotted caterpillars. There are growling alligators and four hundred-year-old trees and delicate yellow-fringed orchids. Life is found in astounding abundance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese wetlands are unique and almost immeasurably ancient; as is to be expected in the modern world, they are threatened by human intervention. Such diverse habitats and their rich, unmatched biodiversity call out for preservation and restoration. The bays are not only visited and documented by the authors; they make an impassioned case for respecting how important these singular formations are for the health of the planet. You could not find more able guides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of South Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover New","offer_id":43967712919663,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/2608\/7279\/files\/Screenshot2025-08-19144814.png?v=1755629311"},{"product_id":"my-blind-obsession","title":"My Blind Obsession","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy: Ann-Chadwell Humphries\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIllustrated By: Danny McLaughlin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReading through \"My Blind Obsession,\" Ann-Chadwell Humphries' latest collection, is an adventure and a revelation; it is a journey in visionary company. The poet brings us all over the place, from the rural Texas hill country of her youth, to the South Carolina midlands of her present, and outward to eastern Europe and the Middle East, immersing us in stunning flora (wild and tended), fauna (wild and domestic), disasters (human and natural), and spheres of light and dark. In \"My Blind Obsession,\" Humphries unsparingly looks outward from concerns personal and localized—most pointedly, the distinct experience of the poet's adult-onset blindness—to larger social and political matters, expanding seamlessly to an eclectic and global reach, open-heartedly bringing together near and far. Ann-Chadwell Humphries is one who sees with more than sight and she's tendered us a remarkable new collection of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CLASS","offers":[{"title":"Paperback New","offer_id":43968486441071,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0657\/2608\/7279\/files\/Screenshot_2025-10-11_113959.png?v=1760197225"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.mysistersbooks.com\/collections\/wildlife.oembed","provider":"My Sister's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}